* The survey was conducted among the population of 28 different countries.
** Nigeria is not included in the global average.
Respondents were originally asked to indicate how much they agreed or disagreed with the statement: "I am concerned that false information is used as a weapon," using a scoring scale from 1 = strongly disagree to 9 = strongly agree.
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Global concern about the use of fake news as a weapon by country in 2021
According to a survey conducted in November 2021, the Spanish population was the most concerned about the possible use of false information as a weapon. Specifically, nearly ** percent of the Spanish participants in the study stated they were concerned. The European country was followed, tied for second place, by Indonesia and Malaysia. Globally, the level of concern about this situation was above ** percent.
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